Improvement in cotton-bale ties



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Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patented August 5, 1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM URONE, OF GALVE'STON, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,494, dated August5, 1873 application filed May 24, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CIIoNE, of Galveston, in the county ofGalveston and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedCotton-Ba-le Tie, of which the following is a specication:

My invention consists of a small S-shaped bar for tying the bands andcross-ribs on the bands, both lower and upper sides, at short distancesapart near the ends, which are fastened together, which is effected byinserting the band in the notches of the aforesaid bar, one part at oneside and one part at the other side, in a very simple manner, which anycommon or inexperienced hand can readily understand and accomplish, andwhich can be done Without any unnecessary slackness of the band, as withother ties, so that the bale can be tied as small as it is -made by thepress, which it cannot be when tied by the ordinary fastening.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bale-tie. Fig. 2 is a planview. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line x, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my improved tie, showing a modification inthe form, and Fig.

5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

A is a small bar, about an inch wide, and, say, three inchesy long, moreor less, bent reversely at a b, so that the end portions B range withthe middle portion so as to form twice the width of said parts B, Vwhicharek next to the opposite edges of A, which increases the length andlessens the thickness of the tie, so as vto make it more desirable; andin this case I have provided said parts B with a projection, behindwhich the cleats E are secured rmly against slipping out.

The essential advantages 0I' this tie are, that very little if any lossof compactness in the bale is sustained in applying it, and it can beapplied by the most inexperienced hands.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The S-shaped bar A B B, and the crossbars E, combinedwith the band D in the manner and for the purpose described.

WILLIAM ORONE.

Witnesses:

J. W. BAAR, Tnos. CROMER.

